Re: [CH] "Chillies [sic] aid Sumatra jail break
Tina Brooks (shoestring_louise@yahoo.com)
Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:48:29 -0700 (PDT)
I had a hard time getting the link to work...
Here's the story as posted to the BBC...
Chillies aid Sumatra jail break
A green chilli pepper (file photo)
The prisoners, armed with chilli water, stormed the
gate
Eighteen Indonesian prisoners broke out of jail using
an unusual weapon - the chilli pepper.
Prisoners at Pematang Siantar jail in Sumatra mixed
hot chillies with water in plastic bottles to spray at
guards.
The fiery liquid temporarily blinded the guards,
allowing prisoners to grab their keys and make the
break for freedom.
Sixteen of the inmates had now been recaptured, a
police official said, but two were still on the run.
The men were meant to be on their way to breakfast but
instead stormed the prison gate, Detective Den Martin
told the Associated Press news agency.
They were spraying the chilli water and shouting
"attack, attack", he said.
A prison warder, Harianaja, told the Jakarta Post
newspaper that the guards could not fight back because
they were outnumbered.
"The is the first time chilli has been used to get out
of this penitentiary," the daily quoted him as saying.
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